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Squares and Cubes (Posted on 2003-12-06)

What are the two smallest positive whole numbers the difference of whose squares is a cube and the difference of whose cubes is a square ?

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Any other primitive solutions?

| Comment 16 of 21 |

So far the only nontrivial primitive solution found is 10,6. Are there any other primitive solutions?

Posted by Brian Smith on 2003-12-09 10:35:35

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